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Tired of keying in commands for his microwave to follow, Nathan Broadbent decided to program his so it could accept voice commands -- as well as scan product barcodes to determine how long they should cook. Broadbent is a Ruby On Rails developer in h...

Smoopa, a startup co-founded by former Googler and MIT graduate Mendel Chuang, has launched its price comparison, barcode scanning application for Android. The app uses a custom built barcode scanner and a database of more than 12 million products to...

How we engage with the people, places and things around us is ever-changing thanks to rapid improvements in mobile and web technologies. The speed at which this evolution takes place will only continue to accelerate in 2011 with the help of fledgling...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Moodstocks Quick Pitch: Moodstocks make...

Blake Scholl and Jason Crawford are two Amazon alumni transferring their e-commerce background and social product discovery experience to mobile in the form of Barcode Hero, an iPhone application that is receiving a massive update today. Barcode Hero...

Daily deals juggernaut Groupon has just introduced a new mobile redemption-tracking app to streamline and improve the merchant experience. The app, which is available now in the Android Market and will be available soon in the App Store, allows merch...

The holiday season is officially underway. And now, one of our favorite apps for grabbing price comparisons, Big in Japan's ShopSavvy, has just been updated for the iPhone. The free ShopSavvy 4 for iPhone is a pretty big overhaul of the app. In addit...

Event ticketing company Eventbrite has just released a new version of its free iPhone app, Eventbrite Easy Entry. The app now allows event organizers to check in attendees by scanning a 2D barcode on Eventbrite tickets directly from their iPhones. Th...

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. N...

When Google's Android platform first launched in late October of 2008, ShopSavvy from Big in Japan was easily one of the most impressive apps available for the platform. Using the phone's built-in camera, ShopSavvy scans barcodes of any product and t...

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